tv The World Today with Maryam Moshiri BBC News June 27, 2025 7:00pm-7:31pm BST
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it's 7pm in london. this is the world today with maryam moshiri. the us supreme court rules that federal judges' do not have the power to block president trump's orders nationwide. in recent months we've seen a handful of radical left judges effectively try to overrule the rightful powers of the president, to stop the american people from getting the policies that they voted for in record numbers. a major government u-turn - the uk prime minister caves in to labour rebels, over changes to the benefits system - but will it be enough to quell the rebellion? and the head of the new gaza humanitarian foundation has denied that hundreds of deaths from shootings are linked to its aid distribution centres.
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welcome to the world today - an hour of international news from the bbc. 'a monumental victory'. that's how president trump described a supreme court ruling - which curbs the power that federal judges have to block his executive orders. the court ruled with a 6-3 majority that the power of federal judges to place government decisions on hold, should be limited. the case stems from president trump's order to end the constitutional right of birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. today's ruling was about legal process, not the specific birthright policy. but in practical terms in does leave birthright citizenship, long assumed to exist in the united states, in doubt. i am grateful to the supreme court for stepping in and solving this very, very big and complex problem, and they've
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made it very simple. i want to thank justice barrett, who wrote the opinion brilliantly, as well as chief justice roberts and justices alito, gorsuch, kavanaugh and thomas. great people. thanks for this decision. and thanks to this decision, we can now promptly file to proceed with numerous policies that have been wrongly enjoined on a nationwide basis. and some of the cases we're talking about would be ending birthright citizenship, which now comes to the fore. that was meant for the babies of slaves. it wasn't meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation. live to the white house and our north american correspondent, nomia iqbal. this supreme court ruling goes beyond this birthright
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citizenship. it in real exactly on that, it could come up in the supreme court at a later date, it was about this question about whether a judge has a power to block an executive parrot for the whole country. the supreme court said no, so donald trump because that decision and giant win. just to give you the scathing descent of the opinion, she said it was the open opinion for the government to bypass their constitution. what it means for birthright citizenship, we don't know? what is that child nationality, we don't know if they are american, we don't know what will happen from here, but it is a victory for donald trump,
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but it is a victory for him, it is a double-edged sword, because it could also be a victory for his opponents. if a democrat should be in the white house next time, they could also use this to push through policy with executive order and undo president trump's work. thank you very much for joining us from the white house. just to bring you up-to-date, we have breaking news from the united states. donald trump has posted on his social media site saying that the united states will be immediately ending trade talks with canada, saying this is in response to what he describes as the country's digital service tax on technology companies. he calls it a blatant attack on our country. the president is
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posting about the concerns that the us has over that tax that the canada has on digital services, calling it out direct and blatant attack on our country. this means that donald trump has suspended, ended trade talks with canada, adding that they will let them know that the tariff that they will be paying will be updated next ten days. the issue of terms is at the forefront, and donald trump say that they will end trade talks with canada immediately. that is the post that we are showing from his social site, any developments of that we will bring them to you. that breaking news coming from the united states along with the supreme court ruling which curbs judges's power to
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make decisions. that could backfire when there is a democratic resident in the white house. a lot coming from the us, will keep you up-to-date with all the developments. the prime minister has been forced into his third - and most consequential u-turn - after a rebellion by his own mps. more than 120 had threatened to vote against government plans to cut the main disability benefit - personal independence payments - or pips. after much wrangling, the government caved in and announced just after midnight that those already claiming the benefit would be protected, but new recipients will receive less money. sir keir starmer says the changes "strike the right balance". here's our political correspondent, helen catt. for months, the government insisted the course was set on benefit cuts it said were necessary, until a wave of opposition from its own mps forced a sudden halt and some frantic backpedalling.
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the most important thing is that we can make the reform we need. we talked to colleagues who made powerful representations, as a result of which we got a package which i think will work and we can get it right. in the early hours of this morning came concessions. people who currently claim personal independence payments, or the health element of universal credit, will not lose those benefits. new claimants will still face cuts to universal credit and face new criteria to claim pip, but there will be a review involving disabled people and organisations on what those should be. and a £1 billion support plan to help people into work to you in 2029 will be brought forward. but will the changes convince this very long list of labour rebels? it's an offer that makes a huge change to disabled people, and a lot of us were very concerned. we were having people come to our surgeries on personal independence payments really worried about what this would mean for them in the future.
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and so this guarantees them that support. it would create a two tier system in both pip and the universal credit health element based on when somebody became disabled, so you could have someone with the same disability, the same needs, one would get pip and one wouldn't. one would get more in universal credit and one would get less. that bakes in future poverty. the conservatives say they will support it on three conditions. that he has to reduce the welfare budget. he has to make sure people get into work. at the moment, the bill doesn't do that. the u-turn makes it even worse. and they have to commit to not having more tax rises. all of this leaves the government with some problems. even if these concessions are enough to get the reforms through, where will it find the money that the original cuts were supposed to save? and it leaves a wider challenge for downing street as it looks towards the future. how does it land other difficult policies in this place now labour mps know they have the power
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to change them? helen catt, bbc news, westminster. our political correspondent, harry farley is at westminster. harry, in theory the vote on this will take place on tuesday, do you think it will pass? that remains to be seen, i've been speaking to labour mps that were down to vote against the measure all afternoon, and there remains a core that is still very strongly opposed to it, even with the watering down that the government has offered. primarily, their concern is about the two tier system that this will create, they say that disability benefits in particular should be done on the severity of the condition, not on when that condition began. they point out that someone in one month could receive the higher level of
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pip, and someone a few months later could receive a lower level. that is a concern of many labour mps. ministers are confident that these concessions have won around enough of the rebels, and that enough will support on tuesday to see it pass, but i think we have still to hear from all of the people that sounded that report. this is the prime minister's third you turn. how does that leave keir starmer? this time next week he will be marking one week from when he walked into downing street with what we thought was an impregnable j norris parliamentary majority which would allow him to do anything he wanted. this is now the
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third time he has had to back down from what he had planned to do, this time, is definitely the most serious. it is the greatest number of labour mps who are willing to publicly say that they disagree with their prime minister. the second largest parliamentary majority since the second world war. i think that leaves him with his authority very much wounded, very much undermined, and i think there are big questions, we heard from helen they are, not just questions about where it leads the public finances and possible tax rises coming on line, but where it leads his ability, the prime minister's ability to get difficult decisions through parliament for the next four years. as always, thank you very much for joining us alive. let's speak to marcus blinn-haynes a 26-year-old who is waiting
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for the outcome of his pip assessment. bring us up-to-date on where you are with your assessment, if you don't mind talking about something so personal. no it's fine, i've graduated in computer science about a year and half ago, and just after i graduated i applied for a pip which got rejected immediately. i thought i would continue looking for work, so i spent about a year and half looking for work, but i've just sent in another application a few weeks ago, because a recent scan has revealed that i have competitions with my back surgery, so this change makes me think if i did not have this scanner a few weeks ago, and if i did not see the scan, i would be in a lower pay grade than if i had not applied a few weeks
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ago. that must be very frustrating for you. it should be about the severity of the condition is not the time of assessment. do you find that frustrating? yes hundred percent, i think the time you discover or apply for a pip should not affect the amount you receive, it is really quite baffling. what is your understanding of why the government is putting someone like you in this position, of course they're looking for savings, but for you, that becomes really quite difficult, doesn't it? for me as someone who has graduated from university and in all the right steps to look for work and who are struggling to find opportunities to work in this country, it is quite a strange decision from parliament. and also, yeah, really... i can
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hear the disappointment in your voice. when it comes to looking for work, you graduated with a 2-1 in computer science, how you been finding looking for work in an incredibly difficult and competitive market? it has been quite a struggle, it has had an impact on my mental health in terms of looking at having a purpose in life. i've managed to find a rspca volunteering work, so i found a bit more purpose doing volunteering for stray cats and helping them being rehomed, but others who don't have any volunteering or anything to do, i feel sorry for them, in terms of, if they lose pip or if they are unable to get pip and cannot find work, it is quite gut wrenching. we really
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distressing details from the start. daniel anjorin, a thoughtful, loving and loved 14-year-old murdered just walking to school. daniel's dad standing with daniel's mum, speaking for the first time about what they described as their nightmare. this has been a painful and deeply traumatic chapter in our lives. no verdict or sentence can bring back our son daniel, who we loved so dearly, but we are grateful that justice has been served. daniel was taken from us in a way that no family should ever have to endure. his life had so much potential ahead. he was gifted academically, he was kind and had a generous spirit that touched everyone who knew him. we carry that light with us even in this dark time.
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they sat in the courtroom composed, dignified as marcus monzo, the man who murdered their son, was sentenced. you must have known whatever state you're in, he was a child, a schoolboy. but you came up behind him and with extreme force struck him to the neck, causing a terrible, utterly unsurvivable wound. drop that now! drop it! the judge praised the exemplary courage of police officers putting their lives on the line as they rush to confront monzo. drop the sword! he stabbed police officer yasmin mecham-whitfield as she chased him down an alleyway. police officer stabbed! inspector moloy campbell didn't hesitate to confront monzo. this is the terrifying moment he used his baton against monzo's sword. clashing twice in hand
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to hand fighting until he was also slashed. i could see that he had real determination in his eyes. we then went back at each other and hit each other, and at that point i think the blade came down my arm, cutting my fleece and then nicking my hand on the way out. the footage is terrifying, how were you feeling at the time? determined. the only feeling i had was, um, the need to complete what had to be done, which was disarming mr monzo and ultimately the preservation of life. also showing bravery that day, henry de los rios polania, his hand slashed when monzo burst into his bedroom where his wife and four-year-old daughter were sleeping. he grabbed a sword with his both hands. he went like that and tried to cut the head off carolina. so when i saw his intentions, i was like, i can't let...
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in my mind i was like, "i can't let this happen. "he's going to kill us in the end". so i tried to pick up the sword with my own hands, and i grabbed it. what has been the impact on you? it's been really hard for the past year. i've been in recovery mode. three operations, two more to go, i'm surviving. for daniel anjorin's family, the loss and pain is inescapable, but their memory of daniel undimmed. we honour daniel's memory, not in the shadow of this tragedy, but through the love and happiness that he brought to us and all those who knew him. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has strongly rejected a report in an israeli newspaper claiming israeli troops were ordered to shoot at palestinians waiting for aid in gaza. one soldier was quoted by the left-leaning haaretz paper as saying his unit
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was told to open fire on crowds near an aid centre with "everything imaginable." the israeli army says its rules prevent any deliberate attacks on civilians. this comes as the head of the new gaza humanitarian foundation has denied that hundreds of deaths from shootings are linked to its aid distribution centres. johnnie moore, an american evangelical pastor, has told the bbc that international agencies, including the un, were spreading disinformation. but he also admitted his organisation is currently unable to feed all gazans. the us and israeli backed group has faced severe criticism since its formation just over a month ago. today, the medical charity, medecins sans frontiers, said the foundation's relief effort should be halted, branding it as 'slaughter, masquerading as humanitarian aid.' it comes as the us revealed that it would give 30 million dollars in funding to the aid group.
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it's the first direct funding coming from the us since the ghf took over operations following israel's 11-week blockade of gaza. my colleague tim franks from the bbc world service radio programme, newshour, asked johnnie moore what he's doing to try to prevent deaths around their aid distribution sites. we're not actually sure that all of this information that's being, you know, distributed every single day is entirely accurate. we're quite certain that a huge percentage of it is part of a significant disinformation effort to try to both discourage gazans from coming to get our assistance, and also to sort of try to get us to, to fold up our, our operation. however, you know, despite the amounts of energy and time and effort that it takes every single time one of these, pieces of news or disinformation or whatever it is comes out. you know, we spend an extended period of time trying to understand what actually happened, if anything actually happened, and whether there's a way that we can make it less likely to happen in
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most circumstances. we've we haven't been able to identify any anything, anything happening. certainly, there are people dying every day in the gaza strip. it is an active war zone. we are not doing this work in the middle of a ceasefire. we're doing it in the middle of a hot war. some of that is unintentional, i'm sure. some of it is certainly intentional, at least on the hamas side. and the idf has said, you know, overtly a few times that they are responsible for, for some, some casualties. however, i think people need to understand that it is disinformation that people going to sites are being killed. we have no evidence of that happening in proximity to our sites. our correspondent, ione wells is in jerusalem and she gave more details from benjamin netanyahu's statement refuting the allegations reported in haaretz. this is one of israel's most prominent newspapers, they said that anonymous soldiers that
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they described as eye witnesses that have been reported, they quoted that different soldiers have said that commanders ordered soldiers to fire at people while they were queueing for aid, to disperse the crowds. there are allegations by some of the soul just that they were ordered to fire shots at people who got there early. we have seen scenes of these aid distribution points that are very crowded, we've seen footage of people trying to get aid because there are thousands and tens of thousands of people trying to queue for it at the same time. inevitably some people are getting there early to try and increase their chances. this report suggest that some of these people are being shot at. there are quotes from these anonymous soldiers that they are being told to treat crowds as a hostile
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force. despite the fact that they do not post any dangers to israeli forces. this contradicts what we have heard from israeli army over the last few weeks, who have claimed that they have fired warning shots at people they say have approached troops. this is contradicting what we have heard of la speed -- last few weeks. benjamin netanyahu has put out a statement saying that the are false claims, and the israeli military have given strict instructions not to fire at innocent citizen. contradictory statements between the press and the
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this is bbc news. the headlines - in a significant judgment, the us supreme court has handed a huge victory to president trump's strategy of governing by executive order, ruling that federal judges do not have the power to block his directives nationwide. the move came in response to his decision to put on hold citizenship automatically for babies born in the us. the head of the new gaza humanitarian foundation has denied that hundreds of deaths from shootings are linked to its aid distribution centres. and it's glastonbury weekend.
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